Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5967085 | Sea water well-driven heat exchange system coupled to an agricultural system and aquaculture preserve A sea water well source is used to supply cold sea water to a pair of serially connected thermal exchange systems. The sea water outflow from the second system is then supplied to an aquaculture preserve to provide nutrients in the sea water to marine lif... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5299424 | Aquarium heater and cooler A combination aquarium heater and cooler apparatus is provided which utilizes a feedback circuit to automatically maintain the fluid in an ecosystem at an operator set desired temperature. The feedback system scheme takes advantage of a thermo-electric he... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5216976 | Method and apparatus for high-intensity controlled environment aquaculture Post-larval organisms are introduced and held for growth to marketable size in a controlled environmental unit which has a dome over a body of water. The configuration of the unit and the techniques of establishing a self-sustaining eco-system within the ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4267798 | Method and apparatus for raising plant and animal life in a marine environment A method and apparatus for raising plant and animal life in a marine environment. Fish, snails, other animal life as well as plants are raised in a raceway which is embedded in a bed of porous material with one end lower than the other. Temperature contro... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4258661 | Fish pond plant A fish pond plant comprises a fish pond (1), a first conduit (2) for conducting sea water from the sea (11) to the fish pond (1), a second conduit (3) for conducting water from the pond to the sea, and pump means (4) for circulating sea water through the ... | 03/31/1981 |
